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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811073403321

Autore

DiFilippo Anthony <1950->

Titolo

Japan's nuclear disarmament policy and the U.S. security umbrella / / Anthony DiFilippo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillian, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36073-2

9786611360733

0-230-60072-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

355/.033052

Soggetti

National security - Japan

Nuclear weapons - United States

Nuclear nonproliferation

Nuclear disarmament - Japan

Japan Military policy

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Detoured on the Path to Nuclear Disarmament --  The Watershed -- Technology, Choice and Nuclear Weapons -- The Politics of Japanese Nuclear Disarmament: Where Government Policies and Civil Society Converge and Diverge -- Japanese Security Policy and the New Agenda Coalition -- The International Dimensions of Japan's Anti-Nuclear Weapons Policies: Issues in Disarmament and Nonproliferation -- Tokyo and the Axis of Evil -- Security and Identity.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the apparent contradictions behind Japan's stated goal of nuclear disarmament and its tacit acceptance of being protected by the U.S. nuclear umbrella.